@@Toastrackman The Iceni were a tribe of British CELTS, NOT ENGLISH, living in the area of modern Norfolk and north-west Suffolk. After the Roman invasion, they retained their territory as a client kingdom. There was a vocal minority in Wales who claimed Boudica as a uniquely Welsh heroine due to the fact that there were no English people in ancient Britain, only Celts. The Celtic Welsh could therefore claim ownership of the Celtic Boudica, or Buddug, as she was known within the growing Celtic nationalist movement. I respect all heroes and heroines regardless of their nationality provided the fought a clean fight, and Boudica was one of them. As for Longshanks, I'd like to know who named him 'HAMMER OF THE SCOTS'. A bit of a legend in his own lunch box. The fact that he "won" one battle against the Scots, doesn't make him overlord of Scots. We NEVER ACCEPTED him as our king with the exception of a few disloyal individuals who were most likely English settlers anyway.

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@@WhoDaresWins-B20 . Strictly speaking Longshanks was Norman.

@@mariapalmer5671 You are spot on Maria. That entire line Plantagenets were of Norman Stock. The name Plantagenet was taken from the Broom Plant. Plantagenet Kings were thus the richest family in Europe and ruled England and half of France. Their name came from planta genista, the Latin for yellow broom flower, which the Counts of Anjou wore as an emblem on their helmets. Members of the House of Plantagenet, ruled England from the accession of Henry II in 1154 to the death of Richard III in 1485.

@@WhoDaresWins-B20 . Good old Normans. Gave us feudalism.......I think

Mixed the genius of William Wallace who out thought the enemy by stopping the charge or Heavy Cavalry which had never been done before! He had a battle plan! People who would put others into harms way has the responsibility to figure out how to win! More than charging at them with superior numbers! It was a massive mob instead of and army, that is why it failed.

@@ClayWeblogistics William Wallace lived more then 1200 years after, you’re comparing apples and oranges

@@ClayWeblogistics which means William Wallace was closer to living in 2022 then in Boudicca time of 30AD

The original "Live Free or.Die"

Like Liz Truss!!! (irony off)

Torc

You're wrong. Just WRONG ! ! !

@@garrettchristensen8074 😂😂

I think it's meant to be a penannular broach, something celts, and others, used for their cloaks. But yes, she should also be wearing a Torc, especially as a Queen. They were status symbols in tribal Celtic society

Total War historian over here.

Gráinne Mhaol is one and unlike Boudica she defiantly existed. There is no evidence to that Boudica ever existed, The two accounts that we have have differ. Most historians believe that Boudica was a battle cry meaning victory.

Not true she definitely existed. People fear her for some reason. There's a description of her in Roman writings and what she looked like.

Yess, love her. 💗

@@RenaissanceMan29 Any one suggesting anything else hasn't a clue about iron age roundhouses.

@@2msvalkyrie529 roundhouse were NOT smoke filled huts ! They were built in a way that allowed the smoke to rise upwards & filter out through the thatch , which also killed off any insects which meant birds didn't wreck it looking for food . Life expectancy was much shorter than nowadays bc they didn't have the medical care we have today No penicillin meant tooth infections or cuts that featured often killed people In past times .

I learned of her through an Art History class.

She used to be called “Boadicea” but Academics have changed her name.

@@user-ky6vw5up9m It's the same name just pronounced differently in different languages.

Are you American, that may be why

I knew about her since school

dont mess with the roman army

Would you even be willing to sacrifice thousands of your own country men as well like Boudicca did...? If so, then I would say you deserve your pain.

@@TheREALExposingtheJoyofS-px3ri A country that faced annihilation from Rome and sacrifices are expected in warfare. She is no different to the thousands of freedom fighters throughout history except in the way that she was a woman. Which is why men love to shit on her while saying nothing to men just like her......men far less successful as well.

Totally agree

Unless if they’re a failed abortion if you know you know

Even less if you're Anglo Saxon.

@@gazza2933 the Anglo Saxon is a myth, they were just Saxon's. It is one of the old lies so people would accept it and think it was something to do this country. People don't realise that their roots are German, like the royals. When you know this, it makes our history of fighting the Germans stupid.

Our history is being deliberately removed, it's called the 'Kalergi Plan'. Research it.

@@victoriatampling5049 . Victoria. Can't quite see your argument and I do know my 8th Century English history I am Anglo/Scandinavian. The Saxons and Angles were separate, geographically. The same by customs and 'blood' The Saxons very much NW Germany and the Angles from The Jutland Peninsula. Now Denmark. The Nazis always called Britain, England. Hitler recognised the historic link with Germany and didn't want to fight this country.

@@gazza2933 we were Britons and the Saxon's and Angles came here and fought our tribes and slaughtered them or sold them into slavery. They created their own kingdoms, Wessex etc and invented the Witan and bought Christianity here. Thier descendants were called Anglo Saxon by the Normans and slaughtered by them or married into rich families. This country has been controlled by both sides since and our wars have been them in fighting. Our history is full of falsehood.

Aye

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Yes, I'm going to read a book about her!

tom... did you know that there's absolutely no evidence of the Iceni's victims, other than the remains of a dismembered torso trapped under layers of burning thatch in the destruction layer in Camulodunum (Colchester), and the remains of a woman's hand in St Albans. Bearing in mind it's suggested there were as many as 100,000 Romans massacred during the revolt, so few remains is a puzzling anomaly. PS the skulls found in the London Wallbrook stream mentioned in the vid are actually now believed to be remains of Britons, possibly executed slaves. In relation to your reaction mentioned in your post, undoubtedly you have some Iken genetics within you. 👍 Cheers !

That's it!? I'd rip their tongues out from the root with my bare hands.

She makes me proud to be a decendant of Britian.

Thanks Jimbo!

The problem pitting a large but disorganized mass of fighters seeking blood and glory vs a properly trained military force is that if the military force, even at a disadvantage can survive the first major assault by the untrained side and push them=n back or rout them. There are clues about her having the dame problem keeping goals or unity holding for her dispersed but unified at the time force like Spartacus. The initial Roman force was going to be reinforced later on too, so time was running out for her to finish the Romans off.

@@Wolfen443 It took the mighty Frankish army to finish off the decadent Romans at Soissons.

I really appreciated the way M.Z. Bradley was able to show us ( with first person detail and inner thoughts) how what you said is true as well as the turmoil and regret that went along with it.

From Boudica's side of the story, be it, mostly in the revolving mindset of herself and the Goddess who came to inhabit her mind and body. She herself went from righteous indignation and rage, to horror, despair, and regret, during her rebellion. At one point, I thought she might have even been afraid to express or act on those feelings once her authority had lost to the vengeance of her army.

He doesn't speak of the fact that the Celts practiced human sacrifice which is one reason the Roman's hated them...

@@LeePinson well celts and boudicca are nationalist icons, so better show them as something they were not rather than their real faces.

yeah, and the romans made gladiators kill each other for entertainment.

Kudos for the correct terminology. Britons. Not British. Britons are not Angle/English modern day British. I turned this off as it is banging on about Britain and British when this didn't exist. Modern day Britons are some Scots, Pict blood, some Welsh and some Cornish. The Angles = English came later. It's a Norman construct this Britain and Great Britain/British nonsense. A political construct. Nothing more. I'm modern day Scots. Although I have Pict blood and see myself as Brythonic. A Briton. I do not however see myself as British. Not a chance.

I gotta book about her..

Let's hope Disney or hollyweird DON'T get to write her story.

A total failure.

Jacqueline "A definite crossroads for the country" .. In what respect A crossroads? Boudicca wasn't a hero or anti Roman, she & the Iceni bent the knee to Rome 40 years earlier, they didn't want to fight the Romans. She only kicked off after her husband king prasutagus died and a slimey Roman admin called Catus decianus took advantage of the governor of Rome being the opposite side of the country killing the druids n Wales. That's the only reason she did what she did. It wasn't because she wanted her country back . That's why nobody joined her Except her own people and some locals.

She was not amazing, just a leader that rallied her people at that time. Other than that, she was a brutal and cruel as any leader of those days to her enemies. Sorry, she makes the Roman conquest of Carthage pale in some areas.

"female children", you mean daughters??

The US military is shorthanded on new recruits if you actually wanted to be a female warrior instead of just dreaming about it!

The writings of Tacitus are really the only info we have, bearing in mind he would've had the opportunity to speak directly to veterans, face to face. Even the much later works of Dio Cassius were really little more than a revamp of T's histories.

Try reading the fictional book " The Ravens of Avalon " written by Marion Zimmer Bradley it's part of a series of books she wrote involving historical and fantasy elements but, all of it is about Boudica's revolt and the surrounding time periods Brittanic history.

@@naishahenderson9976 Brilliantly written , and love the name Breaca. 😉

The accounts of the Greeks and Roman were reliable but they were often exaggerated with the intent of propaganda

@@naishahenderson9976 I love that book! I believe it is the closest to her words and actions! A brave women that was just trying her best for family .

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@Rafael Acosta ROMA INVICTA

@Rafael Acosta the same people that eventually sided with Hitler and his friends? F*ck off. Try it again and see what happens u bunch of fruits

@The People Profiles why have you spelt Boudica using two Cs on the thumbnail?

@@Toastrackman you’re obsessed

Yes definitely I agree, for a woman to achieve such status in Britain at this time and make a stand against such a powerful empire was truly amazing.

@@jacey1963 Britain at that time was a matriarchal society and land of goddesses ... actually it's more easy for women to achieve that than nowadays

@@jacey1963 what did she achieved btw i watched the entire decumantry she achieved nothing

@@jeffjeff5719 Did you think when you saw nothing that slaying rapists of your daughters was not a stand for justice? Then how about the sacking of Colchester?

I disagree. She was not nearly as much skilled in actually fight the conflict she had picked than other enemies of the Romans (say Vercingetorix for example), even other barbarians did better. Her so called victories were only against vastly outnumbered smaller groups or unarmed civilians - the first really battle she faced she lost, and very bad (although I think the number 200.000 to 10.000 the ancient repots gave is not correct and the barbarians might been more between 50-80.000 men strong - of course still a huge sucess for the Romans who truly earned her fame as best army of that time again on this day).

@@marcbartuschka6372 She rallied a huge amount of people to her cause. She was without a doubt, a great leader. Just not a general

She may of been the figurehead really, with the "generals" or whatever equivolent they had making military decisions in her name. But she would of been a great propaganda weapon to mobilise angry native Britons. Maybe something like Joan of Arc.

​@Moore Marriott Well I do not know if I can make you to understand that this is wrong (but it is). We were here speaking about if she was such a great leader or not. Not if other barbarians did performed bad as well (if we want to speak about all them, well that would take a lot of time). To be honest I have indeed a low opinion about a rebel leader who massacred thousands and thousands of civilians but performs bad if facing a real enemy. It does not matter if this leader is a man or woman. And there are reasons why I think she was not such a good leader like others, who also were able to summon a greater alliance and lead a rebellion (at least for a time). Vercingetorix had to face one of the greatest generals in history (Suetonius was good, no question, but I think not as good as Ceasar), and he actually beat him in a battle (Gregovia). After that he was quickly put down and like with Iceni it ended the real threats of greater rebellions. Arminius (about which I have a very low opinion, since he was a traitor towards the men who trusted him and honoured him) defeated a force that was maybe even bigger than that of Suetonius (today claims of 20.000 or more Romans in the Teutoburg forest are surely wrong I think, but it were more men than at Wattling Street). He never had a great victory after his first betrayal (although sometimes come close), but was able to avoid total defeat until the Romans concluded that Germania Magna was not worth the losses. Of course the barbarians who joined his fight had a high price for their mutiny, and they grow tired of his power hunger. But the slaughtering of whole cities is something which is hardly to ignore, what speaks against the revolt in Britannia if you want to admire here or despise the Romans for what they did - than you should also not forget or justify the crimes of the rebels. I think that the Iceni queen get so much praise is largely because she was a icon for the nationalists in the 19th century (like many other barbarians in other countries who want to made up her own heroes to create a great national history - Vercingetorix in France, Arminius in Germany). Today much praise is put into her and others because it is "in" to despise an Empire like the Roman and to honour the "freedom fighters", putting today moral and ideas in the way the people see history (which I see as a failure). That they were not less savage than the Romans is often ignored. And if we look to the bare facts, Boudicca is not THAT impressive, the revolt was a very short and bloody one, but also quickly crushed.

@@alexanderdoddy7590 Yes, she was successful in that. But is a great leader defined by that he (or she) can rally a huge amount of people to his cause, just to slaughter countless civilians (locals, people from Gallia and beyond alike - the so called "Romans" who were murdered in many cases were of course indeed local people with the right to call themself Roman, not people from Rome or Italy - not that this would justify the killing if they were)? Burning and pillaging, but then leading those who follow her or him to the slaughter like sheep? The barbarians including the queen surely get much over their heads to marching so stupidly into their doom. To lose to such a smaller force that had marched in the weeks before endless miles and surely was tired and exhausted, had fought against the rebels at Mona, and had no retreat - is that impressive? I think not. If you want to praise someone as a good leader Suetonius deserves it more in this whole thing, I think (I know, he was a brutal enemy, but after the destruction of so many settlements that is hardly a wonder). And his men have to be praised for what they achieved. Hard to imagine how the mood in their camp must have been on the evening before the battle. I admire them much more - an army of men from Britain and the rest of the Empire, fighting with little hope, no way out beside death or victory and against all odds.

I love you vary much

Bloody Romans, Welease Bwian! lol

'The Aryans'? Ancient Indo-Europeans?🤣

@@MsSteelphoenix yes, Aryans.

And what did that accomplish? Thousands of her troops were killed by her idiotic orders and her lands were occupied for another 400(?) years by the romans. She did nothing to help her people if anything her little temper tantrum got more people killed than it saved.

And what does it accomplished? Nothing but harmed against her people, next time speak through context and facts. Being Biased isn't healtgy you know

Im hearing Horrible histories Boudica lol

Great hearing about the Brits getting their ass kicked.

She was an strong and brave woman, which bring up the pride of her people. I personally know about her and Aspacia... wonderful humans

Smoken coffee. Culture and Civilisation is not a game, and life is not a contest. Soccer is a game for 10 year olds. Do not let it dominate your life.

English are Germanic. Only real Britons are the Welsh.

You're joking, right? Even if she had managed to cause a big enough of a revolt to drive the romans out of Britain how exactly do you think it would have hurt Rome? The Western Roman Empire(the Eastern one survived another thousand years after it) didn't die from one "wound", it was death by a thousand cuts. If anything if they were driven out of Britain by Boudica it might have been better for them long term, not worst. It would have been a big wake up call just like Teutoburg was and it would have woken them up out of the complacency that allowed all those "barbarians" to gain so much power around it while they were defending their borders less and less.

@@xKinjax If the revolt had succeeded it would have been the well-planted seed that was needed to begin the fall of the Roman Empire. In modern terms, do you think that the democratic movement in Hong Kong can be that very seed that the Chinese people need to enable the social unrest necessary to initiate a general revolt strong enough to bring down the mighty Chinese Communist Party and with it Chinese economic dominance of the world?¿

@@2msvalkyrie529 "It only takes one Man."

@@MrMonoyo Jesus damn it drug dealers are talking about China again

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j As if..

I wonder if a dirty deal was done dirt cheap in the last battle. The rebellion had been tactically perfect to defeat the Romans up to that point. Suddenly, they left their brains at home and carried out the battle in a way that played to the Romans every strength. Something may or may not stink here, I wonder if some war leaders or whole tribes had been bought off? The Romans would keep it quiet, it looks much more macho if you've just beat them in open battle as opposed to slimily paying people to take a dive.

​@@jelkel25 Sorry but "tactically perfect" ??? All she had done up to that point was raze a handful of roman cities which were very poorly defended (some having no walls around them) with next to none garrison troops. When it was time for her first large scale battle she was utterly destroyed since she didn't have any experience at all in that area of warfare. The way the romans used their superior tactics and disciplined troops to win a battle where they were outnumbered ten to one (or even twenty to one depending on the source) really just proves that Boudicca had no chance against an actual roman force consisting of trained legionaries and auxiliaries. Respect to her for standing up against roman occupation in the first place, but in the end her rebellion led to tens of thousands of her people being slain in battle and then later she committed suicide out of shame for her failure. The romans paying them off is just absolutely baseless, if you need more of an education on roman military might you should look it up yourself but don't come up with excuses as to why Boudicca lost in that battle cause that's just pathetic.

@@ellgen1 You forgot the legion she did defeat, the 9th. This was done with ambush tactics that had some success against the Romans. The uprising was perfectly timed while the majority of the Roman forces were in Wales. Camaludum (or however it was spelt) was defended and defeated. Yes, St Albans and London were undefended but you don't expel the Romans by waiting until they were defended, a fairly pitiless foe, the targets were well chosen. Do I need to continue?

Well the world would be a much darker place I’m sure

@Moore Marriott So it was the hedge vs the wedge was it.....shame there were no advertising agencies in those times....they would have had a field day, pardon the pun!

Love that!

@Moore Marriott I'll second that!

My wife is just like her

God we don't need more of her the chaos

There's lots of strong woman in the world like her, I'm one of them. We just don't wage violence or war, thank goodness.

@@charlottebruce979 Are you related to Bruce King of Scotland?

She's a typecast red head lol

Exactly. The site of Boudicca's palace is known in the midst of Norfolk. Hail Boudicca.

@Foxglove963 Hail Boudica really? I respect that she had the bottle to take on the might of the Roman empire, but she lost, and achieved bugger all, the Romans were still in Britain centuries after her death. She was nothing but a vengeful undisciplined chieftain. And as for a palace, I don't know what you guys are thinking, but it more likely looked like an extra sized mudstone and wattle hut. She had guts I'll give her that much.

Don’t know who coined the phrase…hell has no fury like a woman scorned but the obviously had not been on the receiving end of a man who even suspected he’d been scorned!

@pauline coburn AHHH but the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman can use her wiles to gain favour with others, while the poor man ends up being accused of all sorts.

@@paulinecoburn181 William Shakespeare.

Oooohhh YEAaaaaaaaHHHhHhHhHHH !!!!!!!!!

Even if Her Grave was located it is highly unlikely that anything of Her Person (bone's) would have survived, especially in more acidic soils. The story of this Queen stirs My blood. ☺

The last theory I heard was under platform 1 of King's Cross Station.

HER SPIRIT LIVES FOREVER

@@carolaamir7568 how tall is her spirit?

Nah Scots or Picts fought of Rome not a British queen

Just a queen of a bit of England

sanderson, The Scots didn't fight off the Romans. The Romans just weren't that bothered about the northern lands. They preferred being in England. If the Romans truly wanted Scotland they would have taken it.

@@lyndoncmp5751 tried to they spent 7 years on one campaign by land and sea. They spent 400 years in total trying to get it so that to me sounds like they wanted it.

@@lyndoncmp5751 we did though in the great conspiracy 367-368ad you should read more.

She is fascinating...Do you know her full name?

I am now 84 and was taught to say her name as Boadicia . Boa dic ee a

@KZfaq breaks The 1st amendment it's bonica

Some Celtic names are hard to know how to pronounce, at least for those who are not of the native area. I remember reading up on the movie ‘Song of the sea’ before watching it and the main female lead was Saoirse and I was pronouncing it as Sow-eerse only to learn that it’s actually Seer-sha, but I never would’ve known that if I didn’t watch the movie. So yeah, it’s good to have someone who can explain how different Celtic names are pronounced. Thank you for this.

Yes! Imagine if Celtic paganism had remained, and Christianity hadn't taken over this part of the world.

@@autumnmoon5014 Nothing like a good ole human sacrifice or maybe roasting a few peeps over the holidays. Sounds like a great time!

@@dburgd99 , well to be fair the Christians did their fair share or roasting peeps too !

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I never heard of this. I would suggest the 4 novel set ‘Boudica’ by Manda Scott

Keep them theories coming. You can't find something If you stop looking. One day the battlesite will be found. 😋

Why did she destroy Verulamium ? The catuvelauni people were Celts not Romans....

@@kevcaratacus9428 Verulalium was under Roman rule and a major Roman town, so in the eyes of the Boudiccan revolt somewhere that would need to be taken or destroyed in order to facilitate the Romans being pushed out of the Country. There was probably a local client king too so pro Roman and therefore a legitimate target?!

@@andygladstone3412 Verulam was a major Celtic settlement & who had been a thorn in Romes side for over a century before the Claudian invasion. They fought against Caesar ( twice, & chased him put of Britain both times) They United tribes to fight against the Claudian invaders While the Iceni stayed at home refusing to fight the Romans. A catuvelauni Prince ( Caratacus) continued fighting the Romans after the success of the Roman invasion, For another decade until cartimandaue betrayed him & handed him to the Romans. Yes they eventually accepted Roman rule & the remaining royal family were allowed to continue to rule their people under the guidance and laws of Roman administrators. Boudica only kicked off after the Romans went back on their deal & humiliated her . ..not to free Britain from Roman rule but because of revenge . Verulamium was rebuilt into a much bigger city . She achieved nothing .

Lol Tennessee here. My 86 Honda Civic was named Patton. By the end, the poor thing looked like it'd been run over by a Jeep!

Oh but we have, we even have a statue of her near parliament.

Yes! A big budget Hollywood film on Boudicca would help but which actress could play her?

Well put, but until it’s on Netflix the sheep won’t want to know

Are you English? If not, then you cannot comment on what the English think or feel.

@@carlwoods4564 Who are you asking!?

Excuse me England prevailed against the nazi Germany..boudicca was a celt as are Scots Irish and Welsh we fought the nazis also lost tens if not hundreds of thousands of soldiers think before you speak

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Tacitus.

The Romans wrote a hell of a lot of stuff down.

@@alexanderdoddy7590 They did and much of what they wrote has sadly been lost but what we do have is fascinating and has ensured at least the Roman version of history survives. I remember translating Caesar's Gallic Wars at school in Latin lessons and thinking why would a soldier be writing in this detail.....but he was not just a soldier, he was a statesman, author and probably one of the best military generals ever.

@@jacey1963 You may enjoy an upcoming video then!

word of mouth passed down thru the ages. Also, romans kept a written record of Boudica

Olde English and Celtic languages, all using different colloquialisms according to their regions, With Latin mixed in where Roman occupation was prevalent. The Brits would wear wool or hide clothing dyed using plant or sea snails to make the various colours. Hair would have been long on both males and females. Like Glastonbury throwbacks lol

@@Toastrackman good reply. my grama was bad! Language's. Like old Norse & swedes rolled their R, s. whether they rolled their tongue or voiced from the throat and such like. As for what they looked like I meant physical appearance in face structure and such. I guess the nearest is to look at the Scots &Irish today.

@milchmanuk24 look at the European cut of the jib, everyone seems to have had a piece of Britain lol Just goes to show that the tune 🎶 Rule Britania, Britania rules the waves, Britain never ever ever shall be slaves' 🎶 Biggest load of cobblers written 😄

A Rose by any other name is still a rose.

@@kaylew108 As an archeologist I can confirm this comment is rubbish.

There were no English people in Britain at the time.

Yeah the Britons were the peace loving hippies of the time. Never mind the human sacrifices, burning peeps alive and such . There was no country of England at that time and no English people. That happened a few weeks later..:)

Bit of both, primarily Boudicca, but all written accounts are from the Roman perspective

If it wasn't for Roman intervention, no one would have heard of Boudica.

​@@Toastrackman Greedy invasion on the Romans part.

@@karmaalstad5588 weren't they great 👍